At 8:16 PM +1100 1/17/02, Collin Baillie wrote:
>Hi guys,
>
>I have a DEC 3000-400 running 1.5. I want to upgrade to the current with the
>new gcc (2.95.3) etc.
>
>Here's the details:
>
>I've downloaded snapshot 1.5ZA and stuck it in /home/collin/snapshot (ie the
>entire directory structure for the snapshot is maintained and complete in
>/home/collin/snapshot)
>
>I copied the /installation/instalkernel/netbsd.gz to / and rebooted using
>the SRM command:
>
>>>>  boot -fi "netbsd.gz" dka400
>
>Boots ok, I choose upgrade and so on, then when I get to the part where it
>asks me for the place where the install binaries are, I specify
>/home/collin/snapshot/installation/binary but it can't find them.
>

Hi Collin,
Sysinst is looking for the tarballs, not for an already-unpacked 
tree. You can try getting a shell from sysinst & then cd to 
/home/collin/snapshot to see if it's mounted correctly. If not, mount 
it manually before going back to the systinst menu.

HTH
Mike
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